Haruki MurakamiI'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind.
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I'm not afraid to die. What I'm afraid of is having reality get the better of me, of having reality leave me behind. In other words, I'm afraid that life will become so overwhelming that I won't be able to cope with it anymore.
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